Who We Are: Have Heart, From New Bedford to Boston

We're Have Heart, a straight edge hardcore band from Massachusetts. This store is ours, and every design in it comes from the same place we do. Here's who we are.

Where did Have Heart start?

We formed in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 2002. We played our first show in July 2003, and that November our demo, simply called 2003, came out on Bottled Up Records. After high school we moved to Boston, and the Boston hardcore scene became home. You'll see that city all over our designs.

Who is in the band?

Patrick Flynn sings. Ryan Hudon plays guitar, and Kei Yasui joined him on guitar in 2005, the same year Shawn Costa took over the drums. Ryan Briggs played bass with us from 2002 to 2009. Along the way Ryan Willis, Eric St. Jacques, Ben Kelly and Justin Paling were part of Have Heart too.

What kind of band are we?

Straight edge hardcore, with a melodic side. We made our records with Think Fast! Records and then Bridge Nine Records: two full-lengths, The Things We Carry in 2006 and Songs to Scream at the Sun in 2008. The photos on this site are from our shows: the pit, the stage, the amps.

What does that mean for the merch?

Boston first: a lot of our designs are about the city that took us in.

Straight edge: some of them say it outright, the way we always have.

The crowd: some put the people in the room right on the design.

Every design comes on tees, long sleeves, crewnecks and hoodies, in black or white, with kids' and youth sizes too. Every product page has its own size chart, so you can check the fit before you order.

If you want to see what we've made, the whole collection is in the shop.